HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL
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Organizations Filed Purposes: CO-WINNER OF THE 1997 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL DBA HUMANITY & INCLUSION (HI) WORKS WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS LIVING IN SITUATIONS OF POVERTY, EXCLUSION, CONFLICT, AND DISASTER. WE TAKE ACTION AND BEAR WITNESS TO RESPOND TO THEIR ESSENTIAL NEEDS, IMPROVE THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS, AND PROMOTE RESPECT FOR THEIR DIGNITY AND RIGHTS.

SEE PART III, LINE I.

EMERGENCY: HI RESPONDS TO CONFLICTS, NATURAL DISASTERS, AND FOOD CRISES, WITH A FOCUS ON PROVIDING IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO THE MOST VULNERABLE VICTIMS. IN PARTICULAR, WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH INJURIES AND DISABILITIES, OLDER PEOPLE, AND ISOLATED WOMEN AND CHILDREN. BY OFFERING A MULTIDISCIPLINARY HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO REFUGEES, DISPLACED PEOPLE, AND THE MOST AFFECTED POPULATIONS, HI ENSURES THAT NO ONE FACES EXCLUSION DURING AN EMERGENCY AND THAT SPECIFIC AID IS AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT.IN 2019, ABOUT 45% OF FUNDS RAISED IN THE U.S. SUPPORTED EMERGENCY RELIEF EFFORTS, IN PARTICULAR, ONGOING FOOD INSECURITY EMERGENCIES IN MALI AND THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, HI LOGISTICS TEAMS CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE SAFE, EFFICIENT MOVEMENT OF HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. CYCLONE IDAI STRUCK MOZAMBIQUE ON MARCH 14, 2019 KILLING MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE, INJURING MORE THAN 1,600, AND LEAVING NEARLY TWO MILLION PEOPLE IN NEED OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. HI HELPED SURVIVORS BY REINFORCING CAPACITY AND ENSURING THAT HARD-TO-REACH AREAS RECEIVE VITAL AID. TEAMS DISTRIBUTED NON-FOOD ITEMS TO THE MOST VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS, AND PROVIDED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT TO THOSE IN NEED. EMERGENCY FUNDS RAISED IN THE U.S. ALSO FUELED CRITICAL RELIEF AND CARE TO PEOPLE IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS BANGLADESH, JORDAN, IRAQ, AND MADAGASCAR.

MINE ACTION/ARMED VIOLENCE REDUCTION: A COMPREHENSIVE HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION STRATEGY IS KEY TO ACHIEVING NOT JUST A LAND FREE OF WEAPONS, BUT ALSO TO ENSURING THAT CIVILIANS LIVING IN DANGEROUS ZONES ARE WELL INFORMED ABOUT THE RISKS OF UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, WAYS TO STAY SAFE, AND HOW TO REPORT QUESTIONABLE OBJECTS TO LOCAL MINE ACTORS. IT ALSO ENSURES VICTIM ASSISTANCE THROUGH ACCESS TO REHABILITATION SERVICES, PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT, AND LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES. IN 2019, 22% OF FUNDS RAISED BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF HI SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES TO REDUCE ARMED VIOLENCE, AND TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR IN COLOMBIA, LEBANON, MYANMAR, NIGER, SENEGAL, AND THAILAND.HI'S DEMINING OPERATIONS IN COLOMBIA CONTINUED TO ENSURE CIVILIAN SAFETY AND LAND RELEASE. AS A RESULT OF A CONFLICT LASTING MORE THAN 50 YEARS, COMBINED WITH DRUG-TRAFFICKING AND A SOARING CRIME RATE CAUSED BY THE COUNTRY'S GAPING SOCIAL INEQUALITIES, COLOMBIA HAS A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF ARMED VIOLENCE.MINES LITTER FORMER CONFLICT ZONES. ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL FIGURES, ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES AND EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR KILLED OR MAIMED MORE THAN 11,472 PEOPLE BETWEEN 1990 AND 2017--THE SECOND HIGHEST RATE IN THE WORLD. MORE THAN 1,000 VICTIMS WERE CHILDREN. OUR LOCAL TEAMS WORKED HARD IN COLOMBIA'S CAUCA, CAQUETA, AND META DEPARTMENTS TO IMPROVE CIVILIAN SAFETY. THEY CELEBRATED SUCCESSFUL LAND RELEASES IN META THAT ALLOW COMMUNITIES TO ESTABLISH NEW VENTURES, INCLUDING ECO-TOURISM AND COFFEE COOPERATIVES. IN LEBANON, HI DEMINING TEAMS CONTINUED THEIR CRITICAL WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEBANESE MINE ACTION CENTER. TEAMS CLEARED AREAS OF THE COUNTRY'S FAMED CEDAR FORESTS IN 2019, CHARTING A SAFER PATH FOR CONSERVATIONISTS TO PRESERVE THE FORESTS, AND FOR ECOTOURISM. IN NIGER, HI WORKED WITH PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT WEAPONS AND AMMUNITIONS STORAGE AREAS WERE IMPROVED TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, AND THEREFORE DO NOT POSE RISKS TO CIVILIANS.

DISABILITY RIGHTS AND INCLUSION: WORKING ALONGSIDE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, WE ADVOCATE FOR THEIR ACCESS TO ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE. CRITICAL WORK TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF ORGANIZATIONS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND TO ORGANIZE AROUND EFFECTIVE POLICIES TO SEE THEIR RIGHTS UPHELD, ACCOUNTED FOR 17% OF THE FUNDING PROVIDED BY HI IN 2019.THE INCLUSION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AT SCHOOL IS PARAMOUNT TO OUR INCLUSION WORK. IN SIKASSO, MALI, A PROJECT SUPPORTED THE INCLUSION OF DEAF AND BLIND CHILDREN IN MAINSTREAM CLASSROOMS. THROUGH THE USAID READING FOR ALL PROGRAM, WE FOSTERED DISABILITY INCLUSIVE EDUCATION FOR NEPALI CHILDREN. WE CELEBRATED OTHER SUCH PROGRAMS PROMOTING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO EDUCATION IN PLACES LIKE LAOS AND SENEGAL. THE NATURAL FOLLOW-ON IS ENSURING PATHWAYS TO MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. ONE PROJECT IN 2019 IDENTIFIED AND SUPPORTED TALENTED FELLOWS FROM KENYA, TANZANIA AND UGANDA TO TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES TO WORK WITH LOCAL DISABILITY INCLUSION EXPERTS SO THAT THEY COULD ENHANCE THEIR OWN INCLUSIVE LIVELIHOOD INITIATIVES IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES.

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